Oregon Statutes - Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development

• 660.002   Declaration of policy.
  It is the policy of the State of Oregon: (1) To encourage the development of an apprenticeship and training system through the voluntary cooperation of...
• 660.006   Application.
  (1) ORS 660.002 to 660.210 shall apply to persons, political subdivisions, employer associations, and organizations of employees that agree to conform to its provisions. (2)...
• 660.010   Definitions.
  As used in ORS 660.002 to 660.210, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Apprentice” means a worker who is at least 16 years of age,...
• 660.014   Committees not state agencies.
  Local joint committees formed under ORS 660.135, trade committees for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 and state joint committees formed under ORS 660.155...
• 660.015   [1963 c.645 §2; 1967 c.6 §6; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.020   Necessity for written agreement; transfer of agreement to another employer.
  (1) Every apprentice and either the apprentice’s training agent or the local joint committee shall sign a written apprenticeship agreement on a form approved by...
• 660.030   [Amended by 1955 c.719 §2; 1957 c.270 §5; 1967 c.6 §8; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.040   [Repealed by 1955 c.719 §12]
• 660.050   [Repealed by 1955 c.719 §12]
• 660.060   Contents of agreement.
  To be registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, every apprenticeship or training agreement shall contain: (1) The names and signatures of the apprentice...
• 660.110   State Apprenticeship and Training Council; members; confirmation; compensation and expenses.
  (1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall consist of nine members, including the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and eight members...
• 660.112   [1977 c.490 §7; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.115   [1963 c.645 §3; 1967 c.6 §12; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.120   Duties and powers of council; rules.
  (1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall enforce the provisions of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 in order to carry out the intent and purposes...
• 660.122   [1963 c.645 §4; 1967 c.6 §14; repealed by 1985 c.98 §5]
• 660.125   [1955 c.719 §5; 1957 c.270 §8; 1967 c.6 §15; 1977 c.299 §1; 1979 c.831 §1; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20 (660.126 enacted in lieu of 660.125)]
• 660.126   Apprenticeship standards; rules.
  (1) Apprenticeship standards shall contain statements of: (a) The apprenticeable occupation to be taught and a designation of the geographical area or areas in which...
• 660.128   [1957 c.270 §10(2); 1967 c.6 §16; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.130   [Amended by 1955 c.719 §8; 1967 c.6 §17; repealed by 1969 c.597 §281]
• 660.135   Local joint committees; members; meetings; authority of individual employed to assist committees.
  (1) In each locality where apprentices are employed, the State Apprenticeship and Training Council may approve as many local joint committees as are necessary to...
• 660.137   Duties of local apprenticeship and training programs.
  Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee, or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee, shall: (1)...
• 660.139   Applicant indentured to family business or current employer.
  (1) Unless the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines there is an adverse impact on apprenticeship opportunities based on an individual’s race, sex or ethnic...
• 660.140   [Amended by 1955 c.719 §9; repealed by 1967 c.6 §29]
• 660.141   [1967 c.6 §20; 1971 c.271 §3; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20 (660.137 enacted in lieu of 660.141)]
• 660.142   Pay rates for apprentices and journeymen; exception.
  (1) A training agent may not pay an apprentice at a rate less than that obtained by applying the schedule, set forth in the applicable...
• 660.145   Trade apprenticeship and training committees.
  In an area where it is not practicable to establish a local joint apprenticeship committee or a local joint training committee, a trade committee for...
• 660.150   [Amended by 1955 c.719 §10; subsection (2) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 c.270 §9; repealed by 1967 c.6

  §29]

• 660.155   State joint committees; rules.
  (1) State joint apprenticeship committees may be formed in each apprenticeable occupation for the purpose of promoting and coordinating the apprenticeship goals of that occupation...
• 660.157   Standard courses of study for apprentices and trainees.
  (1) Each state joint committee, with the prior approval of the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, shall prescribe a standard course of study, developed from...
• 660.158   Interstate agreements regarding courses of study.
  (1) If there is an interstate agreement regarding apprenticeship courses of study between the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and an agency with similar functions...
• 660.159   [1971 c.271 §11; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.160   Coordination of schooling for apprentices and trainees.
  All district school boards shall cooperate with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Department of Education, and the local joint committees or trade committees...
• 660.162   Adoption of policies, standards and programs by State Board of Education; rules.
  The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the appropriate state joint committee, by rule shall adopt policies,...
• 660.165   [1967 c.6 §5; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.167   Adoption of policies by council.
  The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall adopt policies regarding: (1) Evaluation procedures relating to the determination...
• 660.170   State Director of Apprenticeship and Training; commissioner authority to employ others.
  (1) Subject to confirmation by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall appoint a State Director...
• 660.180   [Amended by 1957 c.270 §11; 1967 c.6 §25; 1971 c.734 §104; 1977 c.299 §2; 1979 c.831 §3; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.190   Community college training program advisory committee.
  Each community college operating a preemployment or trade extension training program in an apprenticeable occupation shall appoint at least one employee member and one training...
• 660.195   [1977 c.490 §8; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.200   [1977 c.490 §9; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
• 660.205   Certification of program completion for certain apprentices; card; rules; fee.
  (1) There shall be a uniform system of certification in those apprenticeable occupations for which the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines certification is required....
• 660.210   Tort liability of committees, officers, employees and agents; limitations; punitive damages excluded.
  (1) In any action based on tort, as defined in ORS 30.260, the liability of any local joint committee formed under ORS 660.135, trade committee...
• 660.300   Definitions for ORS 660.300 to 660.339.
  As used in ORS 660.300 to 660.339: (1) “Chief elected official” means a county commissioner, a county judge or the mayor of the City of...
• 660.303   Findings and policy.
  The Legislative Assembly finds that job training is an essential component in promoting the economic development of Oregon and the economic well-being of the citizens...
• 660.306   Findings and policy; purpose of ORS 660.306, 660.312 and 660.315.
  (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that all Oregonians should benefit from the advantages of Oregon’s growing economy. The responsiveness and flexibility of providers of education...
• 660.309   Policy.
  (1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon that implementing an integrated workforce investment system will help workers take responsibility for building a...
• 660.312   Education and Workforce Policy Advisor; duties; rules.
  (1) The Governor shall be responsible for a coordinated and comprehensive response to education and workforce issues. The Governor shall appoint an Education and Workforce...
• 660.315   Regional workforce committees; duties; strategic regional workforce plans.
  (1) The Governor shall designate regional workforce committees to advise the Governor, local workforce investment boards that represent federally recognized workforce areas containing multiple regions,...
• 660.318   Duties of Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development; rules.
  (1) To implement and oversee state implementation of Title I-B, the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development may: (a) Receive federal youth activities funds...
• 660.321   State Workforce Investment Board.
  (1) A State Workforce Investment Board shall be created under section 2821(b) and (c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to assist in the...
• 660.324   Duties of state board; state plan for workforce investment system.
  (1) The State Workforce Investment Board shall develop and submit to the Governor a single, unified state plan that outlines a strategy, with quantitative goals,...
• 660.327   Duties of local workforce investment boards.
  (1) In accordance with section 2832 of the federal Act, each local workforce investment board shall: (a) Consistent with section 2833 of the federal Act,...
• 660.330   One-stop delivery system; service providers.
  (1) The State Workforce Investment Board and local workforce investment boards shall ensure that Oregon’s one-stop delivery system under the federal Workforce Investment Act of...
• 660.333   Use of workforce investment funds; one-stop delivery system services.
  (1) The State Workforce Investment Board shall advise the Governor as required under section 2821 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and on matters...
• 660.336   Reports on performance of local training providers and programs.
  (1) The designated state agency and state level fiscal agent for the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220) shall provide customers of the...
• 660.339   Participant records; confidentiality; when records available for inspection or release; rules.
  (1) All participant records maintained by the local workforce investment boards or any public or private agency involved in Title I-B programs shall be confidential...
• 660.342   Agreements to create entities to perform workforce investment activities.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Federal Act” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (b) “One-stop delivery system” means the one-stop...
• 660.990   [Amended by 1967 c.6 §26; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]

Last modified: August 7, 2008